Learning the Turning -- Table #1
Solid Jarrah coffee table
I haven't posted any new bowls in a while, because I was working on learning how to make furniture. In this case, a coffee table for my youngest. She needed a coffee table because her apartment didn't have one, and because long ago I made a doll house for her older sister, but never got around to making one for her.
Jarrah is my favourite wood, and i have a lot of favourites. It's hard, it's heavy, and it's tough. It also takes a polish up to mirror levels before you apply any sort of finish to it at all.
This one was finished with Cabothane Clear, a polyurethane based clear coat. The top has six coats of it, wiped down with mineral turpentine after each application. The top is biscuit-joined, and the whole thing is glued together with slow-cure, extra strength Araldite two-pack epoxy resin.
If this piece of furniture were part of a role-playing game, it would have Serious Stats.
(If anyone wanted one just like it, figure ~$A3k with a $500. deposit. Lots and lots of hours... Freight would be extra -- it's about 25kg. Like I said, Serious Stats.)
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